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Home Security: - Water leakage and L.P.G gas Leakage detection

Leenisha Mistry1, Santosh Susarla2, Rutuja Kharade3, Akhil Kamble4, Mandar Mokashi5
1,2,3,4Students, Dept. of Computer Engineering, Dy Patil School of Engineering, Maharashtra, India
5Assistant Professor, Dept. of Computer Engineering, Dy Patil School of Engineering, Maharashtra, India
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Abstract - Security at home has been a major issue where
gas leakage and water leakage can cause dangerous
consequences which will further lead to dangerous
situations. The Gas leak can cause fire explosion and
suffocation. The Water leak can cause the short circuit at
our places and can also cause the flood or water overflow at
home. If water comes in contact with a live wire then it may
lead to the fire. Our system will detect water and gas
leakage so we can save many homes from such situations.

Key Words: L.P.G - Liquid petroleum gas, GSM Module-

Global System for Mobile Communications, SIM, Arduino,
Interfacing, ESP8266wifi module, Water Sensor and Gas
Sensor.

1. INTRODUCTION

The aim of our project is to detect L.P.G gas leakage or

Fig -1: Block Diagram of Water and Gas Leakage System
dripping water in small scale factories or in home
appliances [1]. Gas leak and the fluid leak is a major issue
at many places. L.P.G is simply propane or butane,
2. HARDWARE IMPLEMENTATION
are flammable mixtures of bottled gasses used
The Block Diagram of the entire system is as shown in the
as fuel in heating gadgets, cooking mechanisms, and
Fig-1.As shown in the figure there are different
vehicles[4]. The L.P.G gas leak is very harmful as it can
components explain further.
cause suffocation and people can die because of it.
The main components of the system are-
Major effects of water leakage are:
1. Arduino Board
1. Flood
2. Water sensor
2. Wastage of water
3. MQ-6 Gas sensor
4. GSM module
Major effects of Gas leakage are:
5. ESP8266 Wi-Fi module
1. Fire
6. M-Q6 Gas Sensor with esp8266(connection
2. Blast
diagram)
3. Suffocation
7. Water Sensor with esp8266(connection diagram)
Existing water leakage and L.P.G gas leak detection
Connection and explanation of main components are given
systems are very costly. Water leak detection can cause
2000. Gas leak detection system separately can cause Rs ahead.
5100 or more. So, we are combining both the technology
to reduce the cost and to provide safety for our home.
Block diagram of this system shows all the component and
flow of the system (refer Fig:-1).

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2.1 Arduino Board

Arduino Board is a microcontroller board.

It consists of:
1. Power USB
2. Power (Barrel Jack)
3. Voltage Regulator
4. Crystal Oscillator
5. Arduino Reset
6. Analog pins(5)
7. VCC
8. GND
9. TX(Transistor)
10. RX(Register) Fig -3: Circuit diagram of water sensor, GSM, and Arduino
11. Digital I/O pins(14)
12. Main microcontroller etc. 2.3 MQ-6 Gas Sensor

We can provide power to Arduino Uno with USB cable or
directly by barrel jack. When Arduino Uno is plugged in
Power LED lights up. Voltage Regulator is used for
managing voltage passing through different devices
connected to Arduino Uno [2].
MQ-6 Gas Sensor is used in L.P.G gas leakage detecting
system to detect gas leakage. The MQ-6 gas sensor has 4
terminals: GND, Dout, Aout, VCC (+) [5].
Connect the Sensor as follows:
1. Connect GND of MQ-6 to GND of Arduino Uno.
2. Connect VCC (+) of MQ-6 to 5V of Arduino Uno.
3. Connect Aout of MQ-6 to A5 of Arduino Uno.
4. Connect Alarm at pin 9 to Arduino Uno.
Write code in Arduino IDE. When the sensor detects the
gas leak, the alarm starts ringing and we get a call.

Fig -2: Arduino Uno

2.2 Water Sensor

Water Sensor module is designed for water leakage

detection, which is used in sensing water leak, water level,
and even rainfall. Connecting a water sensor to an Arduino
Uno is a great way to detect a water leakage, rainfall, flood,
spill etc [2].
Water sensor has three terminals S (Source), Vout (+), and
GND (-).
Connect the sensor as follows
Fig -4: Connection diagram of MQ-6, Arduino, and GSM
1. Connect the +Vs to +5v on your Arduino board.
2. Connect S to digital pin number 8 on Arduino
board.
3. Connect GND to GND on Arduino.
4. Connect alarm to pin 9 on Arduino board.
When the sensor detects water leak, the alarm starts
ringing and we get a call.

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2.4 GSM module

A GSM module is a specialized type of GSM modem. With

Gsm module we can get a call to our cell phone devices
whenever there is a water or gas leakage at home[2].
GSM module has 3 main terminals are TX (Transistor), RX
(receiver), GND.

Connect the GSM module as follows:

1. Connect GND of GSM to GND of Arduino Uno.
2. Connect TX of GSM to RX of Arduino Uno.
3. Connect RX of GSM to TX of Arduino Uno.
Write code in Arduino IDE. When the sensor detects gas
leakage or water leakage, the alarm starts ringing and we
get a call with help of GSM Module.

Fig-6: Connection diagram of ESP8266 and Arduino Uno.

2.6 Water Sensor with esp8266

We are connecting water sensor to esp8266 as given in

figure below. We are connecting AMS117 voltage regulator
to give 3.3v to ESP8266 WI-FI module. Buzzer for alert
when there is a leak and ESP8266 for getting call alert on
cell through internet.

Fig 5: Connection diagram of Arduino Uno and GSM

Module

2.5ESP8266 WI-FI Module

ESP8266 is a chip with which manufacturers are making

wirelessly networkable microcontroller modules. More
specifically, ESP8266 is a system-on-a-chip. Its a small
device which is use for IOT projects. It connects us with
the internet with help of WI-FI network. We are using an
AMS1117 pin to control 3.3voltage regulator. As ESP8266
works on 3.3v otherwise it can burn or damage.

Connect ESP8266 WI-FI Module with Arduino Uno:

1. 3.3V of Arduino Uno to VCC and CH_PD of ESP8266.
2. GND of Arduino Uno to GND of ESP8266.
3. TX of Arduino Uno to RX of ESP8266.
4. RX of Arduino Uno to TX of ESP8266.

Fig 7: Connection Diagram of Water Sensor with esp8266

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2.7 M-Q6 Gas Sensor with esp8266
We are connecting MQ-6 sensor to esp8266 as given in
figure below. We are connecting AMS117 voltage regulator
to give 3.3v to ESP8266 WI-FI module. Buzzer for alert
when there is a leak and ESP8266 for getting call alert on
cell through internet.
Fig 8: Connection Diagram of MQ-6 Gas Sensor with
esp8266
3. RESULT
Result is generated in two different ways:
1. GSM Module
2. ESP8266 WI-FI Module
1. GSM module
Whenever there is water leakage or gas leakage we get a
call alert on our cell phones with help of GSM module. We
have written code in Arduino IDE and connection are done
as shown in figure.
2. ESP8266 WI-FI Module
Whenever there is water leakage or gas leakage we get a
call alert on our cell phones with help of ESP8266 WI-FI
Module. We have written code in Arduino IDE and
connection are done as shown in figure. We have created
account on Twilio web application and the Thingspeak
web application for getting call alert on our
device.ESP8266 needs http post request to generate calls
or messages so we are using Thingspeak application to get
an http request.
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4. CONCLUSIONS
In this system, we are trying to reduce the cost of the
existing system and trying to get call alerts through
Internet or with help of GSM Module whenever there is a
leakage. Both Methods work differently and requirement
of each method is different .GSM Module is based on SIM
card and with help of transistor and receiver we generate
a call. ESP8266 WI-FI Module is based on internet we get a
call with help of an http request through internet.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We would like to heartily acknowledge all the group
members who put their heart and soul in it to make it a
successful project. We would like to thank our guide
Mr.Mandar Mokashi for guiding us on every possible
juncture while making the project. It is due to his very
crucial critics that molded the project into its finished
form also a lot of thanks to all the near and dear ones who
helped us with whatever small contributions that made
this project possible [2].
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[1] LPG Leakage Monitoring and Multilevel Alerting
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[2] Home Security: - Water leakage and L.P.G gas
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[3] Smart Water Leakage Detection and Metering Device,
Bheki Sithole, 2016.
[4] LPG Gas Leakage Detection & Control System.National
Conference on Synergetic Trends in engineering and
Technology (STET-2014) .
[5] Microcontroller based LPG gas detector using gsm
module, Ashish Sharma (B.Tech., EL Engg.).
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